Private police forces are a viciously stupid and corrupt idea. Government has one job, and the use of force is it. External force is military, internal force is law and order. Ancillary but still vital to the use of force are all the bullshit like a state department and embassies, a bureau to set standards in weights and measures to distinguish crooks from fair dealers, etc, etc.
Don't "reduce" government by selling the power to use force to the lowest bidder. Reduce government by getting rid of all the other bullshit government should not be doing. I never want to see Amazon or Microsoft logo police knocking on my door.
Private police forces are a viciously stupid and corrupt idea. Government has one job, and the use of force is it. External force is military, internal force is law and order. Ancillary but still vital to the use of force are all the bullshit like a state department and embassies, a bureau to set standards in weights and measures to distinguish crooks from fair dealers, etc, etc.
Don't "reduce" government by selling the power to use force to the lowest bidder. Reduce government by getting rid of all the other bullshit government should not be doing. I never want to see Amazon or Microsoft logo police knocking on my door.
We need to take down the prison industrial complex. Its private.
https://mises.org/wire/privatize-police - Rothbard himself